Actually, the design of the last one is very simple and based on a story.

The magical Nutcracker first appeared in a fairy tale by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann. He wrote Nußknacker und Mausekönig in 1816. In 1844, this fairy tale was adapted by French author Alexandre Dumas. The ballet The Nutcracker was based on this adaptation in 1892. The choreography was created by French choreographer Marius Petipa and his Russian colleague Lev Ivanov. Tchaikovsky composed the music. It is this ballet version that became world famous and on which countless (children's) books and films are based, such as the recent The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.